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Recovery of garden plants in spring and further Care in USA

Hey there! Spring is on us. I guess you are true garden lovers as I am and some beginners as well. For brief info, Spring is the best time to start recovering the dormant and caring plants completely to peak their growth once again. 

Also, this season is good for sowing various garden plants seeds whether it is a flower, fruit, vegetable, or any other plant you want to grow. 

Garden plants care and recovery in spring

So here, I'm going to provide you with some personal tips on how to recover a garden in spring. 

Garden plants care indoor and outdoors in USA

There are several reasons why a garden need recovery. But before that, let's understand what are the requirements for this. 

Requirements

The following requirements are for most of the garden plants whether it is fruit, vegetables, flowers, or any other houseplant- 

Tools required 

  • Aerators
  • Trimmers
  • Dethatching tool 
  • New containers
  • Weed removals

Materials required

  • Vermicompost/Organic compost
  • Sand and garden soil

Some helpful tips to recover garden plants in Spring

Don't worry if you have most of the plants outdoors in the ground or containers/pots. Most of the recovery steps are related and similar. But for indoor plants, you need some extra tips that I'll give you later. 

  • Remove mulching

First, remove all the natural mulching of dried leaves and wood pieces. This natural or knowingly made mulching stops sunlight access to the direct soil. In spring, it is important to remove it first. It also slows down drainage in the soil. 

  • Dethatch and Aerate soil 

After cleaning all the mulching, you need to dethatch and aerate the garden soil because of partially decomposed mulching and layer of mud on the crust. For that, take a dethatching tool and apply it to the empty areas. 

If you have multiple plants in way of dethatching, then transplant them again safely. If plants developed deep roots, then don't worry then too much. 

After dethatching, aerate the soil. After a cold winter, the soil gets compacted many times. Use an aeration machine or long-handle tool. Aerate to the 6 inches deep everywhere in the garden. 

  • Start regular irrigation accordingly

List all the plants that need more or less irrigation water. It is important to irrigate according to plant needs in spring. At the time of sowing, plants don't need so much water but just moisture in the soil. 

  • Trim the dead leaves

Now, if plants are the nature of busy leaves or dense leaves then it may be difficult to recover the dead leaves. In such cases, it is better to remove the dead leaves from trimmers. 

If plants are short and have fewer leaves but leaves are getting dry, in that case, you should try to recover those leaves instead of removing them. For that, you can try compost and irrigation. 

  • Fertilize once in spring

If you have perennial plants(those live multiple years and have a dormant period for a season) then it is important to recover them through fertilizing in spring. It shouldn't be early spring but from mid-spring when the temperature starts rising, you can use vermicompost or organic compost in your garden plants and containers. 

What if plants can't recover from winter(reasons)?

Now let's understand the reason for the plants that don't get recover after winter. 

Annual plant

Unknowingly and by mistake sometimes, beginners consider annual plants as perennial. It is very common among beginner gardeners. 

Too cold Temperature 

Another reason even if a plant is perennial, it can't recover from winter if it is too cold or has snowfall. Too low temperature or a drastic drop in temperature forces plants to put in non-habitable conditions. There is very less chance that these plants will recover from too cold a winter. 

Not enough sunlight

In winter, a combination of too cold temperatures and very little sunlight is not good for plants. It can be a reason for perennial garden plants that can't recover. 

Even if plants get survived this, they grow either short or grow slow further with some signs. 

What you can do?

Well, if plants can't survive winter or start losing strength and life, you can't do much immediately in most cases. 

Though you don't have a good percentage of recovering them in such a scenario, still, try follows-

Try one last time for its recovery 

If plants are still alive but not in such good condition, you can try one last time. Try to provide less humidity and higher temperature and sunlight but not drastically. Don't fertilize too early or it will put stress on the plant. Try irrigation and basics as I suggested to you earlier. 

Try things slowly and carefully. If the plant has enough potential or capacity left, it will recover soon or it will die. 

Replace the plant

In the end one last option you have left; replace the plant if it gets dies. But before that, take a soil inspection, fertilize it, and prepare for seeding in the same spring. If the soil is not good enough then prepare a new soil mixture and then try it further. If it is necessary then change the containers as well. 

What you can do for indoor plants?

The above tips are very useful for outdoor gardens and pots. But for indoor plants, you may need some other tips. 

Indoor plants don't admire the sudden change in temperature and sunlight. Following are some tips for indoor plants recovery in spring-

  • Try to put plants in direct sunlight if it is already in bright sunlight. It will give them some boost as spring sunlight is not too intense. 
  • Don't irrigate immediately in the first week of spring. Wait till the plant responds, check moisture, and then irrigate.
  • You can fertilize plants from mid-spring when plants take some relief from compacted soil stress. Before fertilization, you can aerate with a very thin metal stick in the soil of pots.
  • Provide daily sunlight of 6 to 8 hours and avoid shifting them in dark. 

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